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Philip Dru: Administrator: a Story of Tomorrow, 1920-1935 is a futuristic political novel published anonymously in 1912 by Edward Mandell House,
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Discover the beauty and mystery of the natural world with The Piazza by Herman Melville! This collection of short stories and essays explores the relationship between humanity and the natural world.
Jean de La Bruyère famously characterized Versailles as "that region where joys were visible but false, and vexations hidden but real." In this witty and scholarly book, Baron Arthur-Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand explores the solar system of the Sun King with its planets, the women of the court, now orbiting in warm proximity to the monarch, now hurtling away un…
Edith Wharton's 1911 novel Ethan Frome tells the story of a tragic love triangle. The narrative centers on the title character's fraught relationships with his "sickly, cantankerous" wife Zeena and his young, beautiful cousin Mattie Silver.
Explore the harsh realities of industrialization and the struggles of the working-class in Rebecca Harding Davis's 'Life in the Iron Mills.' Follow the story of a young iron worker, Hugh Wolfe, and his sister as they strive for a better life amidst...
